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City Council committee members discussed the Baileys bike trail, an ODOT grant, and various appropriations at its meeting Monday. Athens City Council committee members discussed the planned Baileys bike trail and its proposed council of governments at its meeting Monday night. The Baileys Mountain Bike Trail System would be around 88 miles long and cost around $10 million to build. …

The body also discussed annual fees facing the city and approved an ordinance for an easement on Hillcrest Drive. City Council approved an ordinance Monday temporarily lifting the 24-hour parking rule. The ordinance will be lifted from Dec. 16, 2018, through midnight on Jan. 1, 2019, allowing drivers to park their car for longer than 24 hours in the …

City council partners with the Athens Clean and Safe Halloween Committee to keep Halloween in Athens just that. City Council discussed plans to ensure a safe and successful Athens Halloween Block Party during its Monday meeting. Councilmember Peter Kostes introduced four ordinances regarding Halloween weekend. The ordinances address topics such as parking, street closures, vending permits, and removing noise regulations …

City Council also unanimously passed ordinance 0-16-18, which allows Mayor Steve Patterson to submit an application to the EPA for a grant to complete storm mitigation improvements in the city. City Council passed a resolution Monday night to close E. Union Street for the international street fair on April 7. The council also approved a resolution that will allow the …

Ohio University College Democrats convened Tuesday to discuss its “phone assault” of Rep. Steve Stivers, R-OH 15th District, and its internal and external elections. The OUCD’s “phone assault” is today at 4:30 p.m. and aims to express the group’s concerns about repealing the Affordable Care Act. A similar protest was held at the Athens County Courthouse earlier this week. OUCD …

City Council passed an ordinance with updates to the previous bed and breakfast ordinance and discussed an ordinance to issue $625,000 to update the city’s water treatment building at its Tuesday meeting. The update to the bed and breakfast ordinance that was passed several weeks ago — which requires anyone running a bed and breakfast, including Airbnb, to collect a …

Athens City Council approved an ordinance that changed the city code regarding the legality of Airbnb locations in residential areas during its Monday meeting.. After Chris Fahl, D-4th Ward, introduced Ordinance 0-17-16 for third reading, the council voted 6-0 in favor. Peter Kotses, D-At Large, abstained from voting because he owns commercial property. According to Fahl, the ordinance requires anyone …

Incoming freshmen at Ohio University are required to complete an online alcohol education program that could be improved by including less extreme examples of the dangers posed by drinking, a program director said.
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